I'm amazed the Phillies are where they are given the lineup we roll out there everyday. I feel like half our starters were supposed to be AAA emergency call-up guys. I kept telling myself that if we stuck around .500 long enough for Utley/Howard to come back we might have a shot but I've come to terms with the fact that it ain't happening. I haven't been a fan of Amaro's moves since he took over and his mediocre decision making has finally caught up to us.

Well, the trades Amaro made weren't exactly awful sans the Pence one. The only prospects of note who the Phillies have lost are Anthony Gose, Jon Singleton & Travis d'Arnaud. If Sebastien Valle can get his ISO up, it'll hopefully negate the loss of d'Arnaud.

Singleton hurts though. That was a horrific trade, even though Pence is a fan favorite.

The Phils ruined Dom Brown, though his swing is A LOT better right now than it was and after building such great hometown talent; they've fallen off. Realistically only Jesse Biddle has potentially big prospect status.

Lee trade was terrible also. You received nothing of note for him as far as I'm concerned.

Ahh yes, I forgot about that one. I got to see Aumont at Lehigh Valley a couple times and he's got terrific stuff but has horrific control. The worst part was that Lee was coming off an insane half-season/postseason and the return could've been huge. Instead they received (at the time) a projected #4-5 starter, a toolsy OF & a guy with no control.

Baffling really. The Halladay deal was worth it and the Oswalt deal was good, even if he didn't turn out as well.

Pretty solid but he's only been a 2 pitch guy right now and has had spotty command. His change needs major work before he cane come up. He also doesn't even throw it that often right now so that's something to keep an eye on. With that said his numbers have been really solid showing very good strikeout numbers. Until his change develops I think he'll be a very good #3 at this point. He had a very good start tonight going 7 IP and striking out 10 giving up 3 ER on a HR. He was cruising up until that point also but word is it's been the best he's looked all year. He'll probably be up in September.